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Book Review By Steven
Shattered by Dean Koontz

Alex Doyle has just married a woman named Courtney, whose eleven-year-old brother are driving with them from Philidelphia to California. Courtney is waiting for them there to start a new life in their new house. But a twisted madman named George Leland has followed them on their cross-country journey, and he's brought a gun, and has found an ax.
Leland knows who they are, which roads they will take, which places they will stop along the way, and where their destination is. He wants to kill them.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the mad stabber chased me!
descript. of violence and chases - 50 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Midwest - California

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual forms of death - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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